--- old/src/share/vm/memory/allocation.hpp	2016-03-09 15:15:27.746395764 +0100
+++ new/src/share/vm/memory/allocation.hpp	2016-03-09 15:15:27.634391976 +0100
@@ -726,9 +726,7 @@
 template <class E, MEMFLAGS F>
 class ArrayAllocator : public AllStatic {
  private:
-  static bool should_use_malloc(size_t length) {
-    return length * sizeof(E) < ArrayAllocatorMallocLimit;
-  }
+  static bool should_use_malloc(size_t length);
 
   static size_t size_for_malloc(size_t length);
   static size_t size_for_mmap(size_t length);